Marcílio Dias-class destroyer

Class overview
Name: Marcílio Dias class
Builders: Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro
Operators:  Brazilian Navy
Succeeded by: Acre class
Completed: 3
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 1,500 tons standard, 2,200 tons full load
Length: 108.81 m
Beam: 10.61 m
Draught: 3.04 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft GE geared turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcocks boilers 42,800 hp
Speed: 36.5 knots
Complement: 190
Armament:
  • 5 × 5 inch/38 guns (5x1),
  • 4 - 20 mm guns,
  • 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2x4)
  • 4 depth charge throwers

The Marcílio Dias-class destroyers (sometimes referred to as M class) were three ships of the Brazilian Navy that served during World War II. They were based on the Mahan class[1] and were the first sizable ships built in Brazil. One 5 inch gun and one bank of torpedo tubes were removed to improve stability soon after completion and extra AA guns and radar were fitted. In the 1960s a Sea Cat missile system was fitted to Mariz e Barros.

Ships List

The three ships were:

Ship Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
Marcilio Dias 20 July 1940 November 1943 1966
Mariz e Barros 28 December 1940 November 1943 1972
Greenhalgh 8 July 1941 November 1943 1966

References

  1. Whitley, M J (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. pp. 21–22. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.



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